NATH vs. FRGI, JAX, JACK, CBRL, BJRI, DIN, TAST, CHUY, BH, and RICK
Should you be buying Nathan's Famous stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nathan's Famous include Fiesta Restaurant Group (FRGI), J. Alexander's (JAX), Jack in the Box (JACK), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), Biglari (BH), and RCI Hospitality (RICK).
Nathan's Famous (NASDAQ:NATH) and Fiesta Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FRGI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Nathan's Famous has a net margin of 13.84% compared to Fiesta Restaurant Group's net margin of -1.25%. Fiesta Restaurant Group's return on equity of 0.82% beat Nathan's Famous' return on equity.
Fiesta Restaurant Group received 297 more outperform votes than Nathan's Famous when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.78% of users gave Fiesta Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave Nathan's Famous an outperform vote.
66.5% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Fiesta Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 31.6% of Nathan's Famous shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Fiesta Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nathan's Famous has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fiesta Restaurant Group. Fiesta Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nathan's Famous, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Nathan's Famous had 6 more articles in the media than Fiesta Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Nathan's Famous and 0 mentions for Fiesta Restaurant Group. Fiesta Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Nathan's Famous' score of 0.21 indicating that Fiesta Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nathan's Famous has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiesta Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nathan's Famous beats Fiesta Restaurant Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Nathan's Famous News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NATH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NATH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Nathan's Famous Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
